Fire Waltz - Mal Waldron

[shin1ro]

Fire Waltz - Mal Waldron

Taken from
Eric Dolphy at the Five Spot Vol. 1
and
The Quest / Mal Waldron
(reissued as The Quest / Eric Dolphy and Booker Ervin with Mal Waldron Sextet)
(...where Ron Carter played the cello)

Fire Waltz - Mal Waldron

 

[engelbach]

Nice chart.

Those Mal Waldron harmonies, with the close-voiced b9b5 chords, are right on.

Cheers,
Jer

 

[raymb1]

Nice chart. Hadn't heard this tune before.

 

[motherlode]

The guys used to talk about how Booker Little was dying of Uremia during these recording and that he used to eat ice cream on breaks to try and keep his temperature down.
He died the same year of the recording.

 

[engelbach]

The guys used to talk about how Booker Little was dying of Uremia during these recording and that he used to eat ice cream on breaks to try and keep his temperature down.
He died the same year of the recording.

Thanks for reminding us of that. Yes, he was only 22 years old.

Trumpet players seemed to be especially vulnerable to death before they were 40. Bunny Berigan. Bubber Miley. Bix Beiderbecke. Clifford Brown. Fats Navarro. Lee Morgan.

Cheers,
Jer